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Deal
Oct. 10, 1981
Stadt Halle

Incendiary second solo becomes delicate and beautiful before they build the final refrain.
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Deal
Oct. 4, 1981
Rainbow Theater

You can't compare 70s Deals w/ late 1980 onward. There's a four minute shredded 2nd solo on this one that wasn't a part of Deal in its 1st decade.
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Deal
Sept. 25, 1980
Warfield Theater

This is the first one with the second solo, revamped for the 15th anniversary.
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Mississippi Halfstep Uptown Toodeloo
Jan. 8, 1979
Madison Square Garden

Pre rio grandeo is good, but there are two peaks post rio grandeo, one built off the other and the latter crashes into Franklin's Tower.
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Stella Blue
May 13, 1981
Civic Center

A fluttery and lyrical solo after the bridge and then an autobiography of an outro. There is a video on YouTube.
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Comments

The Other One
July 19, 1989
Alpine Valley Music Theatre

I'm not a MIDI person, but I thought Jerry's instrument choices fit this short Other One perfectly. I'm not totally into the Healy voice stuff, but this seven minutes of so was a refreshing change of pace for me. And I will visit this one again.
West L.A. Fadeaway
July 19, 1989
Alpine Valley Music Theatre

I'm definitely out of my time period here, but I loved this. The first solo is shredded and the song, which lives or dies on funk, has all that it needs. This Alpine run really was a high-water mark.
China Cat Sunflower -> I Know You Rider
April 9, 1983
Hampton Coliseum

Yes, this is great. I put it on my list earlier this week when I saw your effusive praise and got around to listening yesterday. It was bright sunshine here and hot and I listened on a run. I thought maybe my ear had been biased by that beautiful weather, so I hit it again this morning. The sound quality helps, but the playing is crystal clear too and I really like the end of the China Cat. The whole version is above average for the date. I didn’t touch the rest of the show, which I understand makes some people really unhappy. Not a big fan of Help and Slipknot after 77, so whatever.
Mississippi Halfstep Uptown Toodeloo
June 9, 1977
Winterland Arena

I think this is the best half step of the spring of 77. That's saying something, I know, but this show is a kind of downhill from here moment. Sure the fall has three half steps that probably beat this one and amazing playing occurs periodically ever after. But this show is the pinnacle of this 3 day winterland stand and it makes a fitting coda of that stand as well as the spring tour of 77 - an era of aesthetic perfection never met so consistently again. And this half step kicks the show off with aplomb.
Sugaree
Sept. 2, 1980
Community War Memorial Auditorium

3 solos: good, better and the third one is nuts. 77 gets most of the attention on Sugaree and versions like this can get easily overlooked.
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